Course Details

Cost

FREE

Upcoming Schedule

On demand

Course Provider

Coursera online courses

Coursera's online classes are designed to help students achieve mastery over
course material. Some of the best professors in the world - like neurobiology
professor and author Peggy Mason from the University of Chicago, and computer
science professor and Folding@Home director Vijay Pande - will supplement your
knowledge through video lectures. They will also provide challenging
assessments, interactive exercises during each lesson, and the opportunity to
use a mobile app to keep up with yo...

Coursera's online classes are designed to help students achieve mastery over
course material. Some of the best professors in the world - like neurobiology
professor and author Peggy Mason from the University of Chicago, and computer
science professor and Folding@Home director Vijay Pande - will supplement your
knowledge through video lectures. They will also provide challenging
assessments, interactive exercises during each lesson, and the opportunity to
use a mobile app to keep up with your coursework. Coursera also partners with
the US State Department to create “learning hubs” around the world. Students
can get internet access, take courses, and participate in weekly in-person
study groups to make learning even more collaborative. Begin your journey into
the mysteries of the human brain by taking courses in neuroscience. Learn how
to navigate the data infrastructures that multinational corporations use when
you discover the world of data analysis. Follow one of Coursera’s “Skill
Tracks”. Or try any one of its more than 560 available courses to help you
achieve your academic and professional goals.

My prior experience was also limited to taking the Leiden CTC Coursera course.
I view these two as complementary, this the START course holds a US
perspective. (Would Coursera be brave enough to run ones from the eyes of
Moscow or Tehran?). The course makes use of both a wealth of US wide experts
as guest lecturers and active use of the University of Maryland START
database. Some, but not all of this excellent content was spoiled by poor
audio content, especially the second week, hence the mixed rating. I hope that
this will be corrected the next time this is run, as the course presents a
valuable insight into this topic, both as an introduction and complement to
those already in the field

As a Risk Manager in the life insurance space I have some experience with the
subject in terms of modeling catastrophic events- but certainly not as a
theorist trying to intervene and stop radicals. The content was quite good in
terms of explaining the how and why of radicalization and the presenters had
definite expertise. The video and audio quality were quite poor. The forums
were dominated by extreme political posts with little TA moderation to shut
down the rants. 5 stars for content, -1 for delivery

I had taken the Terrorism and Counterterrorism course from Leiden University
before this one started. This course doesn't come close! The START course has
the lowest production quality of any course I have taken. The videos appear to
be recorded using the built in webcam of a laptop, so the sound quality is
sometimes so bad that you cannot understand the instructor. Then the materials
had many (MANY) inconsistencies and contradicted itself several times. I
dropped the course after 2 weeks and got a refund as this was by far the worst
course I have ever taken on- or offline.